Sans serif · Daniel Johnson
Didact Gothic
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CSSfont-family: 'Didact Gothic', sans-serif; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; line-height: 1.1;
Didact Gothic is a free sans serif by Daniel Johnson and Cyreal, on Google Fonts since 2011. Among the 697 sans serifs on FontKind, Didact Gothic has an x-height shorter than 88%, is narrower than 71% and, at its regular weight, is lighter than 74%. Its thickest strokes are 1.1 times its thinnest: nearly even strokes.
01 / Light table
Laid on top of Zen Kaku Gothic New
Didact Gothic on one light table with its two closest fonts, Zen Kaku Gothic New (80 out of 100) and Satoshi (79). Zen Kaku Gothic New is 14% lighter and 3% wider; Satoshi is 4% wider, with an x-height 3% taller.
Didact Gothic and Zen Kaku Gothic New laid on top of each other.
Ink shared with Didact GothicZen Kaku Gothic New…
Most different letters first; the figure is the share of ink the fonts have in common. Where the fonts agree the letters cancel to black: every white sliver is a real difference.
02 / Letters
The Didact Gothic alphabet
Capitals, lowercase, figures and signs · weight 400
Tap the letters you like, here and in other fonts, to find the fonts whose letters look most like them.
- &
- ?
- !
- @
- %
- (
- )
03 / Sizes
Didact Gothic at every size
1 weight (400) · six sizes, in your words
- 12 px
- 16 px
- 24 px
- 36 px
- 48 px
- 72 px
04 / Facts
Who made Didact Gothic, and can you use it?
- Designer
- Daniel Johnson, Cyreal
- Kind
- Sans serif
- Styles
- 1 weight (400)
- On Google Fonts since
- 2011
- Character sets
- cyrillic, cyrillic-ext, greek, greek-ext, latin, latin-ext
- Licence
- SIL Open Font License 1.1
Can I use it?
- Commercial use
- Yes.
- Logos
- Yes.
- Websites and apps
- Yes. Self-hosted or loaded from Google Fonts.
- PDFs and documents
- Yes.
- Changes
- Yes.
- Sharing the files
- Yes, but not for sale. With the licence.
Didact Gothic is under the SIL Open Font License 1.1. This is a plain summary, not legal advice: the licence itself decides.
Already in your apps?
- Google Docs
- Most likely. Under More fonts, in Sheets and Slides too. Google’s guide
- Word, PowerPoint
- No. Install it from Google Fonts first. Microsoft’s list
- Figma
- Yes. Built in, nothing to install. Figma’s help
- Canva
- Not verified. Search its font menu for Didact Gothic, or upload it with Canva Pro. Canva’s help
- Cricut
- Once installed. Design Space lists Didact Gothic under System. Fonts for Cricut →
From each app’s own font list or help pages, read on 28 September 2026.
05 / Measurements
Didact Gothic, measured
Taken from the font file's own outlines, regular style
- x-height
- 46.8% of the emlowercase x
- Cap height
- 68.2% of the emcapitals
- x / cap
- 0.69lowercase against capitals
- Width
- 47.1% of the emaverage lowercase
- Ink
- 38%letter box filled
- Contrast
- 1.10 : 1nearly even strokes
Where it stands among sans serifs
Ranked against all 697 sans serifs on FontKind
x-heightSmaller than 88% of sans serifs
WidthNarrower than 71% of sans serifs
InkLighter than 74% of sans serifs
ContrastMore even than 74% of sans serifs
06 / Similar fonts
Fonts similar to Didact Gothic
Matched letter by letter · its own family apart
- Zen Kaku Gothic New8014% lighter · 3% wider
- Satoshi794% wider · x-height 3% taller
- Lil Grotesk77Nearly identical proportions
- Wix Madefor Text7612% wider · x-height 5% taller
- Urbanist767% wider · x-height 7% taller
- Teachers75x-height 6% shorter · 8% heavier
All 100 fonts similar to Didact Gothic →Compare side by side →Get Didact Gothic on Google Fonts
07 / Swap
Swap Didact Gothic without a jump
Running text within 3% of the width, x-height within 5%
- Lil Grotesk77text 1.6% wider · x-height 0.9% taller
- CMU Bright70text 1.0% wider · x-height 0.9% taller
- Tajawal69same text width · x-height 3.0% shorter
- Jost68same text width · x-height 1.7% shorter
- Cabinet Grotesk67text 0.8% wider · x-height 2.6% taller
- CMU Sans Serif66text 0.8% narrower · x-height 4.9% shorter
Fallback while it loads
Until Didact Gothic loads, this sets Arial in its place at 95.8% of its size, so running text keeps Didact Gothic’s width and lines keep their height: nothing moves when it arrives.
@font-face {
font-family: 'Didact Gothic Fallback';
src: local('Arial');
size-adjust: 95.79%;
ascent-override: 109.20%;
descent-override: 27.66%;
line-gap-override: 0.00%;
}
font-family: 'Didact Gothic', 'Didact Gothic Fallback', sans-serif;08 / Pairs
Used together with Didact Gothic
Of the 5,246 home pages that load Didact Gothic, the share that load each font too, and how that compares with chance.
Same page, not which sets the headings · HTTP Archive , 1 September 2026
- Open Sans18%920 sites · 1× chance
- Roboto14%731 sites · 0.7× chance
- Montserrat9.4%492 sites · 0.7× chance
- Poppins5.9%312 sites · 0.5× chance
- Lato5.3%280 sites · 0.7× chance
- Oswald5.2%275 sites · 1.8× chance
More than chanceItaliana 47×Crimson Text 4.5×Oswald 1.8×
Fonts that go with Didact Gothic: pairs and trios →The pairs sites choose most →
Pair checkerDidact Gothic + any fontHow many of the 6,276,350 home pages counted load the two together, and how that compares with chance.Check this font with any other09 / Questions
Questions about Didact Gothic
Answered from its licence, Google Fonts and each app’s own font list
Is Didact Gothic free for commercial use?
Yes. Didact Gothic is under the SIL Open Font License 1.1 , which allows commercial use at any scale, logos, websites, apps and PDFs included.
How do I download and install Didact Gothic?
FontKind doesn’t host Didact Gothic’s files: it comes free from Google Fonts . On its page there, choose Get font, then Download all, and unzip the file. It holds a single font file. On Windows or a Mac, double-click each font file and choose Install, then restart any app that was open, Word included.
Is Didact Gothic in Microsoft Word?
Not until you install it: Didact Gothic isn’t one of Microsoft 365’s cloud fonts. Installed, it is in Word’s font menu and PowerPoint’s. For someone who hasn’t installed it, turn on Embed fonts in the file in Word’s save options: its licence allows that.
Is Didact Gothic in Google Docs?
Most likely. Search for Didact Gothic under More fonts in the font menu of Docs; added there, it is in Sheets and Slides too.
Is Didact Gothic in Figma?
Yes: Didact Gothic is in Figma’s font menu, in the browser and the desktop app, with nothing to install.
How many weights does Didact Gothic have?
Didact Gothic comes in one weight, Regular (400). Ask for bold and most apps thicken the letters themselves: a faux bold, not a drawn one.
Who designed Didact Gothic?
Didact Gothic was designed by Daniel Johnson and Cyreal. It has been on Google Fonts since May 2011. Daniel Johnson also made Megrim, Jura and Judson.
What fonts are similar to Didact Gothic?
The closest in our letter-by-letter match are Zen Kaku Gothic New (80), Satoshi (79) and Lil Grotesk (77), out of 100. Next to Didact Gothic, Zen Kaku Gothic New is 14% lighter and 3% wider. See all 100 fonts like Didact Gothic.